Röhrscheidtbastei

Röhrscheidtbastei in Bautzen, also called the Fischerbastei

The Röhrscheidtbastei , in Sorbian Röhrscheidtowa bašta ^{? / i} , is part of the Bautzen city ​​fortifications and was built in 1469 to protect the nearby fishing gate, through which the connection between the main market and the Spree valley ran. That is why it is popularly known and in some books as the fisherman's bastion or bastion at the fisherman's gate . It received its official name today after the city architect Wenzel Röhrscheidt , the builder of the old water art .

During the siege of Bautzen by the Swedes in 1639 the tower burned down. It was not renovated until 1676. From 1850 the Röhrscheidtbastei was given a different function. It served as a warehouse for the Mörbitz cloth factory; In 1867 it became part of the "Bürgergarten" restaurant. In the years after 1906 the upper room served as a meeting point for the “ Schlaraffia Budissa ” association. The eagle owl, which is the symbol of the " Schlaraffia ", can still be seen as a wall decoration.

Since 1952 the bastion has housed the costume collection of the Sorbian National Ensemble . The tower is owned by the Foundation for the Sorbian People .

At the fishing gate , the outer and inner city walls almost meet, and the steps lead down into the Spreetal , past the famous Bautzner witch's house . The kennel between the inner and outer city walls was also used here as a traffic route for those wagons that came into the city from the Mühltor .

literature

• Richard Peter : Bautzen. Sachsenverlag , Dresden 1957.
• Eberhard Schmitt: Bautzen's city fortifications . Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 1996, ISBN 3-929091-39-9 , ( Lusatia history ).

Web links

Commons : Röhrscheidtbastei  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Schlaraffia Budissa

Remarks

1. ↑ At that time mentioned as Pastey at half a lane .

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 48.9 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 21 ″  E